The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa

by Tsangnyon Heruka

  Milarepa’s teachings as

  mindfulness and awareness as

  of samaya

  and the ultimate yana

  animals

  antidote

  for afflictions

  applying immediately

  for bad experiences

  difficulty of arising

  not fixing luminosity

  and karmic appearances

  appearance-emptiness

  arura herb

  ashé

  aspiration

  for auspiciousness

  connection and

  as feast offering

  hoping for fruition of

  to meet again

  paramita of

  previous

  pure

  purifying through

  that samsara be emptied

  of words of truth

  astrology

  asuras

  atsaras

  a-tung. See ashé

  Auspicious Goddess Cave

  auspiciousness

  avadhuti

  free of effort

  as plain

  prana entering

  rope of

  swirling in

  see also central channel

  avarice

  abandoning

  bonds of

  at death

  karma of

  pretas and

  awareness

  child of

  as companion

  dawning as appearances

  and eight worldly concerns

  five poisons seizing

  inseparability from emptiness

  as luminosity-emptiness

  natural expression of

  separation from body

  taking as foe

  training in

  see also self-awareness

  awareness-emptiness

  ayatana of exhaustion

  bandits

  bardo

  of becoming

  birth and the

  death and the

  of dreams

  frightfulness of the

  liberation from

  Milarepa’s song of the

  for realized yogis

  Rechungpa’s six

  Six Dharmas of the (song)

  three

  see also treacherous path

  Bari Lotsawa, Guru

  beer

  Belly Cave, Nyanang

  and jealous teachers

  staying at

  Betse Döyön Fortress

  Bharima

  Bharo of Nepal (demon)

  bhikshus

  Bhina Vajra

  Bhinayaka

  bhumis

  bhuta spirits

  bindu

  practice of

  birthlessness

  blessings

  as cause for realization

  of guru

  of lineage

  need for

  of practice

  problems receiving

  through samadhi

  of Secret Mantra

  of siddhas

  of transference

  of Vajradhara

  bliss

  attaining through suffering

  bliss, clarity, and nonthought

  coming from sambhogakaya

  defiled

  as dream, not real

  and emptiness

  Mila’s six types of

  yogis and

  see also great bliss

  bliss-clarity

  bliss-emptiness

  bliss-luminosity

  Bodhgaya

  bodhichitta

  of aspiring and engaging

  beyond male and female

  and generosity

  light rays of

  as means

  and merit

  practice of

  and purification

  and subtle body

  training in

  vows

  Bodhiraja. See Ngendzong Tönpa

  bodhisattva

  body

  attachment to

  control of through trulkhor

  as deity

  as deity’s palace

  generosity of

  as gurus’ buddhafield

  miracles of

  as monastery

  points of in meditation

  rainbow

  and sickness

  taken through bad karma

  Bön

  ritual

  versus Buddhism

  Bong, Lower

  Bönpo Mountain

  Bönpos

  Brahma, voice of

  Brahma’s realm. See realm of Brahma

  brahmaviharas, four

  buddha

  lack of in ultimate truth

  Milarepa as

  mind as

  not different from sentient beings

  as refuge

  buddha nature

  buddhahood

  attainment of

  as free of birth and death

  hoping for

  method for

  miracles of

  not found through searching

  realization of mind as

  single life attainment

  as spontaneously present

  at time of death

  without practicing transference

  Buddhakapala

  Buddhism

  busyness

  cause and effect (karma)

  disregarding

  as provisional meaning

  song of–18

  undeceiving

  Cave of Miracles

  Cave of Taming Demons

  central channel. See also avadhuti

  Central Tibet. See Ü

  chakras

  bodhichitta gathering in

  four

  in Gampopa’s practice

  and Milarepa

  practice of

  Chakrasamvara

  abhisheka of

  and Gampopa

  at Milarepa’s heart center

  at Shri Mountain

  at Tisé

  vision of

  chakravartin king

  Cham-Mé

  Champoche

  chandali

  blazing of

  and cloth

  given to Gampopa

  heat of

  Milarepa receiving

  Rechungpa’s development of

  and Tashi Tseringma

  types of

  and wisdom

  charnel ground

  Chatupitha

  Chonglung

  Chonglung Garuda Fortress

  Chonglung Red Rock. See Chonglung

  Garuda Fortress

  Chöpen Drin Sangma

  Chuwar

  Chuwo Sang River

  Chuzang, Lachi

  clarity

  clarity-emptiness

  of creation stage

  experience of

  three kinds of

  see also luminosity

  coemergence

  coemergent

  compassion

  dharma devoid of

  and emptiness

  and freedom from foes

  as friend for accomplishment

  of guru

  and mantra practice

  for sentient beings

  taming through

  unbiased

  command. See guru’s command

  completion stage

  in union with creation

  no need to practice

  path of

  concepts

  collapse of

  cutting through

  as demons and ghosts

  as dharmakaya

  freedom from

  as luminous display of mind

  and meditation

  as obscuring and deceiving

  as perceiver and perceived

  subtle

  conducive conditions

  conduct. See view, meditation, and

  conduct (so
ngs of); yogic

  discipline

  consciousness

  and death

  eightfold

  of Milarepa’s parents

  and mind

  and prana

  roaming in samsara

  and wisdom

  see also all-base consciousness; six

  fold collection

  consort

  contentment

  Cool Grove

  creation stage

  meditating on

  path of

  Crystal Cave Water-Wood Fortress

  Cuckoo Solitary Fortress

  Dakmema

  Dampa Gyakpupa

  Dampa Sangye of Dingri

  dakas

  dakinis

  bestowing siddhi

  blessings of

  control over

  and creation stage

  ganachakra and

  gathering of

  heat as garment of

  Lion-Faced

  Milarepa and

  as nature of mind

  prophecy and messages of

  pure land of

  samaya substance of

  as support

  teachings and instructions

  upset and punishment of

  worldly

  Dakpo Lhaje. See also Gampopa

  Dakpo Rinpoche. See Gampopa

  Darlo

  Darma Dodé

  Darma Wangchuk, Repa

  Darma Wangchuk, Shuyé. See

  also Shiwa Ö, Repa

  Dampa Sangye

  death

  buddhahood at time of

  certainty of

  facing joyfully (song)

  and fear

  as imputation

  and leaving behind this life

  luminosity at

  reflecting on

  as teaching

  time of

  uncertainty of time

  dedication

  deities

  form of

  and illusory body

  local and worldly

  and shamatha

  song of summoning

  wisdom

  within body

  see also yidam deity

  Demon Pond

  demons

  at Chonglung

  at Chuwar

  concepts as

  as dharmapalas

  at Lachi

  at Lingpa Rock

  see also devas; ghosts; spirits

  dependent arising. See interdependence

  desire. See also

  passion

  devas

  eight classes of

  and ghosts

  See also demons; ghosts; spirits

  deviations

  devotion

  and gurus

  to have higher perceptions

  lack of

  rarity of

  as “seed of mind,”

  and supplication

  Dewakyong. See Ngendzong Tönpa

  Dharmodgata

  dharani

  dharma

  perverted

  and refuge

  teaching without understanding

  wheel of

  of worldly customs

  Dharmabodhi

  Dharma Cycles of the Formless

  Dakinis

  dharmadhatu

  dharmakaya

  all phenomena as

  and appearances

  as benefit for self

  and concepts

  and messenger path

  mind as

  and pointing out

  realization and certainty

  and sky

  at time of death

  as unchanging

  dharmapalas

  demons as

  description of

  Mahakala and Mahakali

  as support and protection

  dharmata

  as base and ground

  and dharmins

  and emptiness

  free of elaboration

  realization and certainty of

  as true reality

  dharmata-emptiness

  dhatu. See also bindu

  dhyana. See meditative concentration

  diligence

  as armor

  as horse

  and meditation

  and virtue

  whip of

  see also paramitas

  Dingma

  Dingma Drin

  Dingri

  disciple-daughters, four

  Paldarbum

  Peta

  Rechungma

  Sahle Ö

  discipline

  and monks

  see also paramitas

  disillusionment

  divination

  Dombi Heruka

  Drakya Vajra Fortress

  dralha

  Dretön

  Dretön Tashi Bar. See Dretön

  dream

  of Gampopa

  interpreting and transforming

  latent tendencies in

  of Marpa

  of Milarepa

  practice/yoga of

  of Rechungpa

  of Sahle Ö

  and waking life

  when meditating

  Drigom Lingkhawa. See Drigom Repa

  Drigom Repa

  Drin

  Milarepa’s death at

  residing in

  Tashi Tseringma mountain in

  travel to

  Dritse Snow Mountain

  Dütsi Ngödrup River

  Dzesé

  Dziwo Repa

  Dzogchen. See Great Perfection

  Dzogchenpa

  earth-lord spirits

  eight worldly concerns

  being rid of

  in “Bön” ritual

  and conduct

  and conventional terms

  and humility

  illusoriness and self-liberation of

  of Rechungpa

  and samaya

  emptiness

  and bliss

  and compassion

  and dharmakaya

  and dharmata

  as food and wealth

  in meditation

  of mind

  and view

  see also appearance-emptiness;

  awareness-emptiness; bliss-emptiness

  enhancement

  enlightenment.

  See also buddhahood

  Enlightenment Fortress, Rakma

  entering the deceased

  equality

  of four activities

  of hunger and being full

  resting in

  state and nature of

  of three times

  equal taste

  begging for alms

  conduct of

  eternalism

  EVAM

  exhaustion of elements. See also

  ayatana of exhaustion

  faith

  as base

  in “Bön” ritual

  in cause and effect

  changing

  and guru

  lack of

  little basis for in Tibet

  seed of

  stable and unwavering

  as support

  fame

  desire for

  of Milarepa

  seeking

  suffering of

  family

  fearlessness

  songs and

  five poisons

  as adversary

  being rid of

  Five Small Lakes

  Flat White Boulder

  focal object

  footprint

  Footprint Rock

  form realms

  Formless Dakinis. See Dharma Cycles

  of the Formless Dakinis

  formless realms

  four gatherings of illness

  four immeasurables

  in metaphors

  trained in

  four joys

  lord of<
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  as nature of four kayas

  wisdom of

  four lineage transmissions

  four magnetizing activities

  four session yoga. See yoga

  four yogic stages

  freedomless states, eight

  freedoms and resources

  body with

  difficulty of obtaining

  of human birth

  making meaningful

  See also human birth

  friends

  cutting ties with

  difficulty with

  and enemies

  impermanence of

  of Milarepa (song)

  as support

  fruition. See view, meditation, and

  conduct, (songs of)

  Gampo Dar Mountain

  Gampopa

  ganachakra

  of dakinis

  food and drink and

  Milarepa and

  offering and

  Rechungpa and

  gandharvas

  generosity

  of body

  practice of

  as provision

  repayment and

  without compassion

  see also paramitas

  geshe

  gods. See devas

  Golung Menchu Cave

  Gönpo Dorje. See Khyirawa Gönpo

  Dorje

  great bliss

  and body

  in “Bön” ritual

  chakra

  food and

  and Formless Dakinis

  path of

  when anything arises

  Great Perfection

  Guhyagarbha

  Guhyasamaja

  Gungtang

  guru

  abandonment of

  and blessings

  in “Bön” ritual

  as buddha

  command of

  at crown, instruction

  enemies as

  following

  as guide and support

  instructions of

  Milarepa’s objects of veneration

  as mind and awareness

  outer, inner, ultimate

  pleasing

  qualities of

  reliance on

  repaying kindness of

  service to

  staying near

  supplication to

  and three kindnesses

  Guru Tsemchen of Latö

  Gyachak Ri

  Gyak, Nyanang

  gyalgong

  Gyal-gyi Shri Mountain

  Gyaltrom, Lower

  Gyetön Ngokme

  habits. See latent tendencies

  harsh speech

  heedfulness

  Heights of Loving-Kindness

  hell realm

  karma and

  Heruka

  Hevajra

  and Milarepa

  Hidden Cave Sheep Fortress

  High Road of the Dakinis

  higher perceptions

  Milarepa’s

  secrecy of

  higher realms

  homeland

  abandonment of

  as prison of

  hope and fear

  cutting through

  freedom from

  fruition and

  wandering in samsara with

  Horse Saddle Rock Cave

  hum

  human birth, precious

  attaining through merit

  obtaining

  utilizing

  wasting

  see also freedoms and resources

  human life. See human birth, precious

  humility

  maintaining

  and meditating

  of Milarepa

  and pride

  and seizing the throne

  self-benefit and

  taking humble position

  idle chatter

  illusoriness

  illusory body

  and eight concerns

  feeling good and bliss

  hunger and fullness

  and illness